#8B8423#8B8423

#8B8423 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.114 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8423
RGB	rgb(139, 132, 35)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, -8.97, 50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 50.86, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% -0.0299 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.114 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2029, 22.1136, 4.8466)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8423 #232A8B

analogous

#8B5023 #8B8423 #5E8B23

triadic

#8B8423 #238B84 #84238B

tetradic

#8B8423 #238B50 #232A8B #8B235E

square

#8B8423 #238B50 #232A8B #8B235E

split-complementary

#8B8423 #235E8B #50238B

monochromatic

#29270A #5A5617 #8B8423 #BCB22F #D4CB54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#8B8423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#8B8423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8423

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8423	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 132, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.114 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a765',
    500: '#8b8423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8423;
$custom-light: #b0a765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.962,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60164,
    "c": 0.11445,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8423

secondary

#5259B8

accent

#50E345

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8423

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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